A brief overview of what it's like to be an iOS developer, why it's so fun, the tools, what you need to get started, and resources available to you in Utah! The slide with the boat on it is this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBSU9KaCYP4

1. WritingProgramsYou
CanKeepinYourPocket

2. Whyisprogramming
fun?
Whatdelightsmayitspractioner
expectasherreward?

3. Theprogrammer,likethepoet,
worksonlyslightlyremoved
frompurethought-stuff.

4. Shebuildshercastlesintheair,
fromair,creatingbyexertionof
theimagination.

5. Yettheprogram,unlikethepoet's
words,isrealinthesensethatit
movesandworks.

6. Itprintsresults,drawspictures,
producessounds,movesarms.

7. Themagicofmythandlegendhas
cometrueinourtime.

8. Onetypesthecorrect
incantationonakeyboard,and
adisplayscreencomestolife,
showingthingsthatneverwere
norcouldbe.

9. -- Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

11. Youcandoit!*

12. *AMac

13. $99/year**

14. **
· Build your app on a real device
· Publish apps to app store
· Use Swi! before this fall

15. Cocoa

16. CocoaTouch

17. WhatKindofStuffCanIBuild?
· home automation apps (HomeKit)
· health tracking apps (HealthKit)
· photo/video processing apps (CoreImage)
· audio processing (CoreAudio)

18. WhatKindofStuffCanIBuild?
· kid trackers (CoreLocation)
· apps that talk to bluetooth / iBeacons
(CoreBluetooth)
· apps you can plug into MIDI instruments
(CoreMIDI)

19. WhatKindofStuffCanIBuild?
· plugins to be used by other apps
· custom keyboards
· continuity / handoff

20. WhatKindofStuffCanIBuild?
· apps with great touch/interactions support
· drawing apps with stylus support
· apps with great animations
· games (SpriteKit, SceneKit)

21. WhatKindofStuffCanIBuild?
· plus anything a front end web application can
do

22. $$GettingRich$$

23. theappstoregoldrushis
mostlyover

24. Businesses,notapps

25. Lotsofjobs!

26. Plus,it'sstillfunand
rewarding.

28. Xcode

29. Objective-C
NSDictionary *animals = @{@"cat": @"meow",
@"dog": @"woof",
@"fox" : @"Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!"};
for (NSString *animal in [animals allKeys]) {
NSString *noise = animals[animal];
NSLog(@"The %@ says %@!", animal, noise);
}

30. Swift
let animals = ["cat" : "meow",
"dog" : "woof",
"fox" : "Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!"]
for (animal, noise) in animals {
println("The (animal) says (noise)!")
}

31. Demo

32. Libraries

33. Community&Culture
The community in Utah++
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=VpZmIiIXuZ0&feature=kp

34. UtahValley
· BYU Cocoaheads - 1/mo.
· NSCoder Night - Every week
Search for BYU Cocoaheads in groups.google.com

35. SaltLakeValley
· SLC Cocoaheads 1/mo
· UICoder Night - Every week

36. Resources
· Free Swi! Book in iBook store

37. StackOverflow

38. developer.apple.com
· Documentation
· Demo Apps
· WWDC Videos

39. www.raywenderlich.com

40. Me
· Twitter ( @jarsen )
· I'll give you my email

41. Program lots! It takes practice!
Don't be a perfectionist.